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Description

The treatment of the anemic patient often requires accurate type and cross-matching of red blood cells and an effective adminstration plan. This lecture will focus on patient examplesand case-based discussions to understand which patient are good candidates for red blood cell transfusion, how to plan for appropriate transfusion therapy, and create a protocol for watchful administration. Transfusion reactions will be discussed and as well as the step on how to attempt to mitigate them.

Objectives

Objectives

To review the emergency approach to patients with anemia
To test your blood smear reading skills
To understand and apply the concept of a transfusion trigger to a patient scenario
To choose the correct blood product for the anemic patient and develop a transfusion plan

Karl E. Jandrey, DVM, MAS, DAVCECC on behalf of University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Karl Jandrey is an assistant professor of clinical small animal emergency and critical care at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He attended The Ohio State University and earned both his undergraduate and veterinary degree in 1992. After graduation, Jandrey accepted an internship at a small animal private specialty practice in Los Angeles. He continued his veterinary career as an associate in private general practice, followed by a residency in Northern California before becoming director of emergency services for a specialty hospital in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Jandrey began his academic career as a lecturer at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and returned to Davis in 1999. Jandrey was board certified by the American College of Veterinary Medicine specializing in Emergency and Critical Care in 2001.

During the course of his veterinary career, Jandrey has had articles on platelet function in cats as well as various case reports published in peer-reviewed journals. He has earned various honors and awards and especially honored by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2004 & Class of 2006 as the Favorite Small Animal Faculty Clinician.

Jandrey is involved in many activities and organizations and sits on various committees in the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. His clinical research of bleeding and clotting disorders in dogs and cats has been awarded grants from San Francisco Miller Foundation, Center for Companion Animal Health, American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, and American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.

Beside topics in emergency and critical care, Jandrey teaches Small Animal and Exotic Clinical Toxicology and an undergraduate seminar in toxicology. He also teaches in clinical rounds and the sophomore doctoring course. Jandrey has presented lectures in France, Israel, Australia, China, the UK, and many places through out the United States on many aspects of Emergency and Critical Care, including transfusion therapy, pain control, feline aortic thromboembolism.

Current Accreditations

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